[LAU] Support for Novation SL Mk II ?

[Michael Ost]

Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Michael Ost wrote:
>> I am interested in using the Novation SL Mk II keyboard with my fedora 
>> based linux system. The specs for the keyboard 
>> (http://www.novationmusic.com/products/sl_mkii?option=1) say that the 
>> USB port is not class compliant, that a driver is needed and is only 
>> provided for Windows and MacOS.
>>
>> Has anyone gotten this keyboard to work in Linux?
>>
>> Is there a way, in general, to use a USB midi keyboard that is not class 
>> compliant in Linux?
> 
> That depends on what protocol the device uses.
> 
> Other Novation devices are supported; if this device uses the same
> protcol, it should be possible to get it to work by just adding its
> ID to the driver.

I have some contacts at Novation, so I'll ask.

Which kernel module would have to be tweaked? "find . -name nova\*" in 
my 2.6.24 kernel source directory didn't turn up any likely names.

Thanks for the prompt reply!

Michael Ost